Superantigens
"Superantigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Microbial antigens that have in common an extremely potent activating effect on T-cells that bear a specific variable region. Superantigens cross-link the variable region with class II MHC proteins regardless of the peptide binding in the T-cell receptor's pocket. The result is a transient expansion and subsequent death and anergy of the T-cells with the appropriate variable regions.
| Descriptor ID |
D018089
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.820
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